Fact Check: Was there a Bowling Green Massacre?
Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway claimed on MSNBC Thursday night that Bowling Green, Ky., was the scene of a massacre carried out by Iraqis. Conway…
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Trump’s Immigration Ban Fuels Fear For Some Young Doctors Whose Jobs May Be In Limbo
By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, which sparked protests abroad and in the U.S., is also raising fears about the…
Trump’s first Supreme Court pick – will he make it to the bench?
Michael Patrick Cullinane, Northumbria University, Newcastle When staunchly conservative US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died in March 2016, the highest court in the land…
President Trump Announces Supreme Court Nomination
On Tuesday, January 31st President Donald Trump announced his selection for the Supreme Court. Judge Neil Gorsuch-10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver is…
How Trump’s travel ban differs from Obama’s visa restrictions
Photo: joepiette2/flickr, CC BY-NC Moritz Pieper, University of Salford Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration, issued on January 27 2017, indefinitely bars Syrian refugees from entering…
Travel Ban Impacting Academics
President Trump’s travel ban is drawing criticism from several colleges and universities throughout the U.S. due to some professors and students being detained or stranded…
Protest Media Coverage and the False Narrative
Often, the negative news reported about large demonstrations/protests is grossly exaggerated (and sometimes outright false) and may give the illusion of an event that was…
Scientists to March on Washington
In an effort to take a stand for science in politics, American scientists are coming together to protest the Trump administration’s resistance to scientists communicating…
Voter Fraud vs. Election Fraud by the Numbers
Voter ID and voter fraud are topics once again with Donald Trump claiming 3.5 million illegal immigrants voted. With this in mind, we set out…
Trump’s America – the land of the not-so-free press
Photo Source: Wikimedia Ivor Gaber, University of Sussex The Trump offensive – in both senses of the word – against the media continues unabated. The…
Website Updates: Questionable Sources, Fake News, Fact Checks, Source Submissions
Admit it. You are tired of the term “fake news.” We are too. We also feel that defining a source as being a fake news…
The changing nature of America’s irreligious explained
Richard Flory, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences A recent survey of the religious profile of the 115th Congress…
How should you read into unnamed sources and leaks?
Photo: Espen Moe (Julian Assange) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)] via Wikimedia Commons Anthony Fargo, Indiana University, Bloomington During my 13-year career in professional journalism, I…
Was The Guardian’s WhatsApp reporting “irresponsible” or fake news?
David Glance, University of Western Australia The Guardian has drawn the ire of a large number of cryptography and security experts by publishing a story…
With Trump in Office, Feds May Alter Course in Texas Voter ID Case
by Jessica Huseman ProPublica, Jan. 20, 2017, 7:36 p.m. Hours after President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the Department of Justice filed to postpone a hearing…
Sultan Donald Trump?
Henry F. (Chip) Carey, Georgia State University Family is important to Donald Trump. The president-elect has appointed his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior White…
(Fact Check) Did the Trump team want tanks and missile launchers in the Inaugural Parade?
Update: 3/30/17 It has been confirmed that the administration did inquire via e-mail about having a military presence at the parade. You can view the Email…
Live Inauguration Coverage 2017
We have a collection of live streams to choose from. Pick your bias and enjoy. Via Fox News: Via the Guardian: Via NBC News:…
Cam Harris apologizes for presidential fake news fiasco
Cam Harris who was at the center of a fake news storm involving the presidential election has been fired from his job as a Maryland…
Science must grow young advocates if it wants to connect with the real world
Tolullah Oni, University of Cape Town Science needs more “academic hybrids”: scientists who buck the stereotype of working in silos. This way of thinking must…